Improvement in game apparatus



C. OBERLY.

GAME APPARATUS.

N.175,z54. Patented March 28,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN OBERLY, OF CANTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,254, dated March23, 1876; application filed ,December 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN OBERLY, of Canton, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements inGame-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, a portion of the front being broken awayto show the chutes; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the linea; 3 Fig. 1.

A A A A are the supporting posts or legs. B B are the sides. B is thefront; B the back, and O the top. In the top are a number of openings, c0 0 D D D are inclined chutes, extending from the openings in the top 0to a series of outlets, b, in the front B The openings 0 are rectangularin form, and are each provided with a weighted trap, 61, pivoted in thetop 0 in such manner that, if the front end of said trap be pressed downinto the chute below it, as indicated in Fig. 2, it (the trap) willresume its horizontal position as soon as the pressure is removed orreleased. Other of the openings, 0 have arches or guards placed abovethem, and another, 0 (one or more',) is long and narrowa mere slit infact. 0 is a small quoit, preferably round and flat, and of such size aswill readily pass through the opening 0 when it (the quoit) is turned upedgewise, and of such weight as will tilt the trap d whenever the quoitshall rest upon the front end of the trap.

The game is played by any number of persons, who, in their turn, pitchthe quoit e from any desired distance upon the top 0 of the table. Whenthe quoit falls through one of the openings it enters the correspondingchute, 1

and passes out through one of the outlets b in the front B as will bereadily understood. These outlets are numbered, and the number of thechute through which the quoit passes is added to the score of the playerwho pitched the quoit. By an examination of these numbers it will beseen that the chutes which are more difficult of access through the top0 bear higher numbers than those into which the quoit can be readilypitched. Thus it will be found that the cnute the outlet of which ismarked 600 can only be reached through the narrow throat 0 into whichthe quoit must pass edgewise. y

E E E is a fender, erected around the top of the table to prevent suchquoits as do not fall into the chutes from sliding 01'1" onto the floor,where they would be liable to be lost.

Other devices might be added to increase the difficulty with which thequoit can be pitched into and through the openings in the top C.

One of the distinguishing features of my invention is long, narrowopening 0?, the form of which necessitates the turning of the quoit intoa vertical or nearly vertical position before it (the quoit) can passthrough said openin g, another peculiarity being the weighted trap d,both of these features adapting the table for use in connection with aflat-sided quoit, instead of a ball, which would not pass throughopening 0 and would be less likely to stop upon the trap long enough toovercome the inertia of said trap.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- Theherein-described game-table, provided with the openings 0 c and trap 01in the top, the numbered outlets b, and chutes D, whereby said table isadapted for use in combination with the quoit e, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN OBERLY. Witnesses:

D. L. OBERLY, P. T. TOWERS.

